Introduction / Elisabeth Strack -- Taxonomy and phylogeny / Katsuhiko T. Wada and Ilya Temkin -- Soft tissue anatomy, shell structure and biomineralization / Angelique Fougerouse, Marthe Rousseau and John S. Lucas -- Feeding and metabolism / John S. Lucas
-- Reproduction, development and growth / Pedro E. Saucedo and Paul C. Southgate -- Environmental influences / John S. Lucas -- Pearl oyster culture / Paul C. Southgate -- Pearl production / Joseph Taylor and Elisabeth Strack -- Exploitation and culture of major commercial species / Paul C. Southgate ... [et al.] -- The pearl market / Richard D. Torrey and Brigitte Sheung -- Disease and predation / John D. Humphrey -- Population genetics and stock improvement / Katsuhiko T. Wada and Dean R. Jerry -- Economics of pearl farming / Clem Tisdell and Bernard Poirine -- Environmental impacts of pearl farming / Wayne A. O'Connor and Scott P. Gifford -- Biofouling / Rocky de Nys and Odette Ison -- Future developments / Paul C. Southgate, John S. Lucas and Richard D. Torrey.
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